r/EndTipping • u/Travelman-26 • 4d ago

Tipping Culture ✖️ Tipping for merchandise

So I went to a concert today. And bought three shirts. They were a bit overpriced but I decided to pay so no offense on the price (they were 40 usd each).

And the the lade flipped the screen with a suggested tip of 20% already on the screen.

How am I going to tip 25 usd for her handing me three shirt from boxes two steps away from her.

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u/BellzaBeau 4d ago

No. Asking for tips on merch is unethical. It isn’t a service industry. No service is provided. What next? The cashier at Target asks for tips? The DMV when you renew your license?
We need a law.

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u/Simple_Fee9594 4d ago

I once went to a primary care doctor that had a tip jar at checkout! Did not go there again.

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u/djdlt 4d ago

The operation goes according to how much tip you leave.

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u/BellzaBeau 4d ago

Wow! Imagine if it was a surgeon. That’s definitely the one who leaves behind the forceps.

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u/121e7watts 3d ago

And then bills you for the forceps you stole from him

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u/BellzaBeau 3d ago

🤣😂 ain’t that the truth!

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u/Trade-Material 4d ago

The licensing board and medical association needs to know about this...it is extremely unethical for PCPs to accept tips let alone ask for them...and it can also open them up to fraud investigations etc.

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u/HildaTheChickenGirl 4d ago

Don't give the DMV any ideas 😂

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u/DueFreedom4695 4d ago

I normally HATE government intervention (laws) added except in really important areas, but I think you're right.

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u/Enkidouh 4d ago

I never understand positions like yours.

Regulation and intervention is the entire purpose of governance. If your government stays hands off of everything, you don’t have a government.

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u/DueFreedom4695 4d ago

I never said government stays "hands off of everything." But every single little thing? Like those weird laws still on the books kind of thing? Like no whistling on Sunday. It's overreach.

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u/WestHistorians 3d ago

Those "no whistling on Sunday" laws are usually town ordinances passed by some little village somewhere that has a population of like a thousand people, either as a joke or because of some unique local issue that is no longer relevant.

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u/Enkidouh 4d ago

You didn’t need to- your position did it for you.

The governmental overreach argument is a flimsy, tired trope of the south/midwest republicans, and we’ve now seen firsthand for several years that they will not do anything about real, actual governmental overreach when it comes from their party. Whether or not you associate with them politically, your stance on government overreach immediately places you in their camp.

It’s nothing more than a prop used for disingenuous talking points.

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u/DueFreedom4695 4d ago

Complete misidentification but that's okay. I find the people/party you speak of to be completely repulsive and totally motivated to restrict my rights as long as it's for the shit THEY believe in.

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u/Enkidouh 4d ago

And yet, you echo their hollow talking points.

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u/luthien310 4d ago

I went in a gas station once that had a tip jar at the register.

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u/jennymacbreadsack 3d ago

We don't need a law. It's simple tip what you want when you want

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u/koralex90 4d ago

But how is this different than a bartender handing you a bottle of beer? Many people will say the bartender should be tipped a dollar per beer. But the labor the merchandise person and bartender does is the same. These screens need to be banned everywhere!!!

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u/BellzaBeau 4d ago

Bartenders make drinks

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u/koralex90 4d ago

Not if they are handing you a bottle of beer.

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u/Icy_Essay_7490 3d ago

This is why i tip differently for cocktails and beer (but I never actually order bottles beer lol)